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^ Shows how screwy the "definitions" have become in the MSM, and why it's done this way. Love of freedom is where true liberalism comes from. That's what it is. (Which, btw, makes it the real enemy of the MSM gang, and why the "liberal" side of it has become so intentionally ridiculous and unbelievable while FOX and the rest are acting to damage and destroy the word itself.)

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I bought my dad Conversations on Consciousness by Susan Blackmore, and tried to read it before I gave it to him for Christmas. I didn't really come close to finishing but I'm looking forward to starting again when he's done with it. It's an easy book to read which gives you the perspectives of various experts exploring this mystery. I'm now reading Liberty In The Age Of Terror by A.C. Grayling. I'm a fan of his writing and I'll begin his book on the life of Descartes when I'm finished with this one.

Just finished "Chernobyl Prayer" by Svetlana Alexievich. It is a collection of monologues from survivors of the disaster and those involved in the disaster relief. A pretty harrowing read and gives a great insight into the Belarusian/Russian psyche.

It was so good infact, that I am jumping straight into her book on the Russian's experience in Afghanistan "Boys in Zinc".

Thanks man, a really timely reminder of this guy's genius - I just went ahead and ordered this on Amazon, because this week, when the New Horizon probe sent back that latest picture of Earth from 3.79 billion miles (6.12 billion kilometers, or 40.9 astronomical units) away

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You will die. You will not live forever. Nor will any man nor any thing. Nothing is immortal. But only to us is it given to know that we must die. And that is a great gift: the gift of selfhood. For we have only what we know we must lose, what we are willing to lose… That selfhood which is our torment, and our treasure, and our humanity, does not endure. It changes it is gone, a wave on the sea. Would you have the sea grow still and the tides cease, to save one wave, to save yourself?

We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art - the art of words.

When women speak truly they speak subversively — they can’t help it: if you’re underneath, if you’re kept down, you break out, you subvert. We are volcanoes. When we women offer our experience as our truth, as human truth, all the maps change. There are new mountains. That’s what I want – to hear you erupting. You young Mount St Helenses who don’t know the power in you – I want to hear you.

You will die. You will not live forever. Nor will any man nor any thing. Nothing is immortal. But only to us is it given to know that we must die. And that is a great gift: the gift of selfhood. For we have only what we know we must lose, what we are willing to lose… That selfhood which is our torment, and our treasure, and our humanity, does not endure. It changes it is gone, a wave on the sea. Would you have the sea grow still and the tides cease, to save one wave, to save yourself?

We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art - the art of words.

When women speak truly they speak subversively — they can’t help it: if you’re underneath, if you’re kept down, you break out, you subvert. We are volcanoes. When we women offer our experience as our truth, as human truth, all the maps change. There are new mountains. That’s what I want – to hear you erupting. You young Mount St Helenses who don’t know the power in you – I want to hear you.

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Just quotes to ponder, Taff! Some might make a distinction between the 'free market' ideal of capitalism and how it actually exists in reality, and in many countries today, the struggles young women face are very real. If I ever have a daughter then I hope she's volcanic, not voiceless.

You will die. You will not live forever. Nor will any man nor any thing. Nothing is immortal. But only to us is it given to know that we must die. And that is a great gift: the gift of selfhood. For we have only what we know we must lose, what we are willing to lose… That selfhood which is our torment, and our treasure, and our humanity, does not endure. It changes it is gone, a wave on the sea. Would you have the sea grow still and the tides cease, to save one wave, to save yourself?

We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art - the art of words.

When women speak truly they speak subversively — they can’t help it: if you’re underneath, if you’re kept down, you break out, you subvert. We are volcanoes. When we women offer our experience as our truth, as human truth, all the maps change. There are new mountains. That’s what I want – to hear you erupting. You young Mount St Helenses who don’t know the power in you – I want to hear you.

Even with a very interesting book.. my mind drifts, wanders and is constantly so focused on the other 10000 things going on in my life every day that I have no idea what I just read even after 1 paragraph..

Even with a very interesting book.. my mind drifts, wanders and is constantly so focused on the other 10000 things going on in my life every day that I have no idea what I just read even after 1 paragraph..

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This is my every day. Not a unique characteristic. If it is a serious, and serially/ continuously cognitive, debilitating condition please contact a physician and ask for a specific referral. Catching something(!) early is so important, but hey, reading isn't for everybody. Maybe, your brain is more hard-wired for movies? That's a great narrative, too. Enjoy life.

Thanks man, a really timely reminder of this guy's genius - I just went ahead and ordered this on Amazon, because this week, when the New Horizon probe sent back that latest picture of Earth from 3.79 billion miles (6.12 billion kilometers, or 40.9 astronomical units) away

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Just spent a small fortune ordering John Mikhail's Elements of Moral Cognition: Rawls' Linguistic Analogy and the Cognitive Science of Moral and Legal Judgment. I've wanted it for a while after reading his research paper on the subject, along with Rawls's work. Looking forward to blocking Xhamster and Getbig for a week when it arrives.

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I ordered a cheap secondhand edition of Terrorism And The Constitution last week. Opened it today to find it in perfect condition, and with a personalised message written inside by the author, addressed to 'his mentor'. Thought that was quite cool.

Just spent a small fortune ordering John Mikhail's Elements of Moral Cognition: Rawls' Linguistic Analogy and the Cognitive Science of Moral and Legal Judgment. I've wanted it for a while after reading his research paper on the subject, along with Rawls's work. Looking forward to blocking Xhamster and Getbig for a week when it arrives.

My head hurts reading that.... God Bless anyone that can understand a paragraph of that book... wish I could

It is complex; Mikhail has been incredibly meticulous in his analysis. You'd definitely need to be interested in this stuff and have some framework of understanding from reading the authors he mentions to benefit from it. I haven't finished the book, but I first read his particular research when I learned of the Great Ape Project, and wanted to explore how one could argue in favour of its aims. I am one of these dorks who finds the subjects of rights and legal theory interesting, though.

Even with a very interesting book.. my mind drifts, wanders and is constantly so focused on the other 10000 things going on in my life every day that I have no idea what I just read even after 1 paragraph..

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Find the right thing, and it'll turn the other way around for you. You'll read it at the exclusion of everything else, for a nice change, and you'll feel like a new man when it's done.

Consider yourself lucky that most stuff doesn't rise to that level for you, requiring you to look hard for it. Otherwise, you'd be just another Hollywood-watching weirdo with splatted refried brains.